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I with you were right...
If they were ruled by capitalism, things like universal healthcare wouldn't exist. Things are far from perfect in other countries, but there's a huge leap between the US and other counties in terms of what capitalism is allowed to do in them.
I think you are in the wrong here. Europe is definitely ruled by capitalism. What Americans don't understand is that universal healthcare benefits capitalism, because the state makes sure your workers are healthy.
Your employee is sick? State money is going to fix him up and pay (most) of the wage in the meantime.
But that has more to do with a lack of democratic accountability than with the way the economy works. In my opinion, what holds back the US the most is their completely insane election system.
That lack of accountability, imho, comes from capitalism dictating what democracy can do, and not the other way around. In other countries, democracy limits what capitalism can do, so it's more or less subordinate to it.
In the US, capitalism decides what democracy can do, so it's actually democracy which is subordinated to capitalism.